No surprise, I suppose, given that most of the bookstores these days are huge chains full of bad writing by the likes of Nicholas Sparks.
So, what can you tell me about Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio? Titles? I'm willing to try reading him in French, but it would go a lot faster if I could do so in English.
Seems like very few of his novels have been translated to English; maybe this will change after the Nobel...
His Wikipedia entry is quite complete, although it's missing its latest novel "Ritournelle de la faim", published earlier this year. Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
Because the titles are often changed when a translation is published, I couldn't tell for sure if one of the two I was looking for was already in English.
I'll keep looking. Perhaps I can get two copies, one in French and another in English to help me along.
I know a tiny bit about Mauritius, so that one might be an interesting read.
The Prospector (Le chercheur d'or) is on powells.com, but on backorder. Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
